Feeling Fishy

After several months of eating protein from our freezer stores, we were motivated to get our hands on some fresh fish or lobster.

We trolled on our way from Little Farmer’s Cay to Lee Stocking Island. Sadly, we didn’t have any luck fishing but it was a beautiful sail.

Lee Stocking used to be home to a research facility but it’s now a private island. While this made the beaches off limits, we found several promising dive spots.

The weekend shaped up to be perfect for a few dive missions. We drifted through the cuts at the tide changes and found a ton of healthy reef on the ocean side, including the biggest lobster I (Nina) have ever seen.

We moved to a new spot and as soon as I jumped in from the dingy, it was outside of its hole directly below me. I quickly swapped my spear for the net and tickle stick, hoping to preserve the brand-new sharp spear tip I put on that morning.

Most of the lobstering we’ve done has been in the Keys, where you can’t spear lobster. A net and tickle stick has always been my preferred technique.

I clearly underestimated the size of this lobster because it was much larger than the perimeter of the net, meaning I couldn’t press it flat against the bottom. The lobster clearly knew this game and escaped out of the corner to a much larger cave.

Moral of the story: when you see the big lobster, shoot the dang thing immediately!

Luckily, the defeat was short-lived. The next day we made our way from Lee Stocking to George Town and the fishing was hot.

We passed through multiple schools of tuna busting bait on the surface with all the classic signs of tuna birds and even some sharks. They probably would have taken any lure but we reeled in tuna and a rainbow runner on the cedar plug and pink skirt setups we had chosen for the day.

I cleaned fish as we pulled into Elizabeth Harbour. This is by far the largest town we've visited in the Bahamas. Between the people and cars on land, plus the >300 boats anchored or moored in the harbor, it’s honestly a bit overwhelming after months in remote corners of the island chain.

There’s so much to do and explore here! First things first: there’s seared tuna over a mixed green salad with our names on it.

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Fishy Friday 🐟

Made it to George Town and the fridge is stocked full of fish. The blackfins were thick today and even scored a rainbow runner too. With visitors flying to town soon, figured we’d get the lay of the land before they arrive. Any recommendations are much appreciated!

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We found all the humans 😬

Took the dink over to check out George Town for the first time. Posted up at the “antisocial” anchorage for now. A lot going on here. We haven’t seen this many boats, people, trucks or food in a few months. It’s a bit overwhelming. Made a pit stop at the yacht club with much more to come 🤙

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